AMD Appoints New Server CTO

AMD today announced that it has named a new Chief Technology Officer to its Server group. Donald Newell will take the post of vice president and CTO in the group. Newell was previously as a senior principal engineer leading the System-on-Chip [SoC] and datacenter networking architecture groups at AMD rival, Intel Labs.

As CTO, Newell will be responsible for the concept and definition of AMD’s long-term server roadmap based on current conditions, expected demand and long-term server trends. Newell will report to Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group.

Don Newell brings a strong combination of leadership skills, engineering and design expertise, and strategic direction,” said Bergman. ” We’re fortunate to have Don on board as we prepare for the delivery of the “Bulldozer” core in our AMD Opteron processors, scheduled for launch in 2011.”

With over 20 filed patents and 60 peer-reviewed research journals and publications, Newell certainly knows his stuff. For more info, read their full release here.

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